師兄

See also: 师兄

Chinese

		a division (milit.); teacher; master a division (milit.); teacher; master; expert; model	elder brother
trad. (師兄)		師	兄
simp. (师兄)		师	兄
alternative forms		Ching Hong Kong Internet slang 清 Hong Kong Internet slang

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīxiōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄒㄩㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si¹ hing¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-hiaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīxiōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄒㄩㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihsyong
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-hsiung¹
    • Yale: shr̄-syūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyshiong
    • Palladius: шисюн (šisjun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: si¹ hing¹
    • Yale: sī hīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si¹ hing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi¹ hing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː⁵⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-hiaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: su-hiann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'hviaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ hiã⁴⁴/

Noun

師兄

1. male senior fellow student or apprentice (especially in a Chinese martial arts school where the seniority is not based on the student's age or level of skill, but on the chronological order of following a particular sifu)
2. son of one's teacher or master who is older than oneself
3. father's male apprentice who is older than oneself
4. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) used for addressing other users on forums or discussion rooms

Synonyms

• 師哥／师哥 (shīgē)

Coordinate terms

• (senior female schoolmate): 師姐／师姐 (shījiě)

See also

• 師伯／师伯 (shībó)
• 師叔／师叔 (shīshū)
• 師弟／师弟 (shīdì)
• 師父／师父 (shīfu)
• 師傅／师傅 (shīfu)
• (senior male schoolmate): 學長／学长 (xuézhǎng), 學兄／学兄 (xuéxiōng)